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Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
1. What is it when someone can't
get air into their lungs and they
have trouble breathing?
3. What is a unit of measurement
of the energy in food?
5. What level of physical activity
is sweeping, dusting or walking
slowly?
7. What does eating a healthy
diet help prevent?
A. asthma
B. the flu
C. diabetes
A. a calorie
B. an ounce
C. temperature
A. low
B. medium
C. high
Grades 6-8 Human Health
Grades 6-8 Human Health
1. What is a condition caused by
a mutation in the genes someone
inherited from their parents?
A. a genetic disease
B. an infectious disease
C. an environmental disease
A. obesity
B. getting a sunburn
C. having an asthma attack
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
3. What is an infectious disease
that spreads to a large number of
people in a short period of time in
one location?
5. What is a condition caused by
exposure to dangerous
conditions or toxic substances in
a work situation?
7. Who studies vectors of
infectious diseases?
A. zoologists
B. virologists or microbiologists
C. public health officers
A. an epidemic
B. a pandemic
C. an emerging infectious
disease
A. an occupational disease
B. an infectious disease
C. a lifestyle disease
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
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Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
2. If someone should have 5
servings of fruits and vegetables
every day, and a serving is half a
cup, how many cups is that total?
4. How much of the food a
person eats every day should be
fruits and vegetables?
6. What level of physical activity
is watching tv or playing video
games?
8. Who figures out what is
making a person sick?
A. about half
B. about 1/4
C. all
A. none
B. high
C. medium
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
4. What is a condition caused by
a person eating too much
unhealthy food, not getting
enough exercise, and/or using
addictive drugs?
6. Who plans for and protects the
public against outbreaks of
diseases?
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
A. 2.5
B. 5
C. 1.5
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
2. What is an animal that carries
a disease that can infect
humans?
A. a disease vector
B. an infectious disease
C. a pandemic
A. doctors
B. physical education teachers
C. nurses
A. a lifestyle disease
B. an infectious disease
C. an environmental disease
CORRECT: A, A
A. public health officers
B. zoologists
C. health educators
CORRECT: A, A
8. Which federal agency
monitors air, public drinking
water systems, and soil for heavy
metals and toxins?
A. the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
B. the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
C. the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC)
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
9. How can you find out if the air
is polluted on a given day?
11. Why is ultraviolet radiation a
concern for people?
A. check the Air Quality Index
(AQI) in the weather report
B. step outside and take a deep
breath
C. step outside and see if it is
cloudy or clear
A. it damages skin and eyes
B. too much causes people to
lose vitamin D
C. it triggers an asthma attack
13. A can of soda has 10
teaspoons of sugar. If children
should only have 5 teaspoons of
sugar a day, how much more
than 5 teaspoons of sugar are in
a can of soda?
15. If someone's resting pulse
rate is 100 beats a minute and it
goes up by 1/5 when they
exercise, what is their exercise
pulse rate?
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11. What does repeated
exposure to pesticides do to
populations of fungi, weed and
insects
9. Which of these contributes to
increasing antibiotic resistance in
bacteria in agricultural settings?
A. Confined Animal Feeding
Operations (CAFOs)
B. global warming
C. tropical deforestation
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A. select for resistance
B. change their color
C. reduce their size
A. five times as much
B. twice as much
C. no more
A. 150
B. 120
C. 100
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
13. What is a zoonotic disease?
A. a disease only animals get
B. an animal disease that can
infect humans
C. a disease common in zoos
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: B, B
15. What is a condition caused
by a mutation in a cell's genes
that causes the cell to reproduce
uncontrollably and to interfere
with how the body works?
A. an environmental disease
B. cancer
C. a genetic disease
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: B, B
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
10. What is ultraviolet radiation?
12. Which of these is least likey
to trigger an asthma attack?
14. Which of these has the most
calories?
A. breathing smoky or dirty air
B. sitting quietly somewhere with
clean air
C. exercising hard
A. an ounce of protein
B. an ounce of fat
C. an ounce of sugar
A. a kind of light given off by the
sun
B. the color purple in a pack of
markers
C. the light given off by old
fashioned light bulbs
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
A. antibotic resistance
B. pesticide resistance
C. vaccination resistance
A. high
B. medium
C. low
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
10. What is it when bacteria are
no longer susceptible to
antibiotics?
16. What level of physical activity
is hoeing, raking or walking fast?
12. Which of these is an
emerging infectious disease?
A. chicken pox
B. Ebola
C. obesity
CORRECT: B, B
14. What is a condition caused
by a foreign organism getting into
someone, where it interferes with
how the body works and
reproduces and spreads to
someone else?
16. Which of these is caused by
mercury poisoning?
A. Ebola
B. mental retardation
C. chicken pox
CORRECT: B, B
A. a genetic disease
B. an infectious disease
C. an environmental disease
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: B, B
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Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
17. What does wearing a hat and
sunscreen outdoors help
prevent?
19. Who treats sick people and
helps make them feel better?
21. What kind of light from the
sun causes a sunburn?
23. If a person is wheezing, and
having trouble breathing, what
might be making them sick?
A. doctors
B. nurses
C. physical education teachers
A. blue
B. ultraviolet
C. red
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
19. Which federal agency is
responsible for ensuring that
meat and poultry products have
come from healthy animals and
do not carry disease?
21. What does repeated
exposure to antibiotics do in
populations of bacteria?
A. having an asthma attack
B. getting a sunburn
C. getting a cold or the flu
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17. Who helps people
understand their disease and the
choices they can make to get
better?
A. virologists or microbiologists
B. health educators
C. public health officers
CORRECT: B, B
A. a cold
B. the flu
C. asthma
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A. the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
B. the U.S. Department of
Agricuture (USDA)
C. the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
A. reduce their size
B. select for resistance
C. change their color
CORRECT: B, B
23. What is an infectious disease
that has become more common
in the last few decades and
which could increase more in the
future?
A. an epidemic
B. a pandemic
C. an emerging infectious
disease
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: B, B
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
18. What does regular active
exercise help prevent?
20. The Air Quality Index (AQI)
uses colors to indicate air quality.
Which color is used for
hazardous air?
22. Who is most sensitive to
ultraviolet radiation?
24. What is a serving size for
most fruits and vegetables?
A. medium skinned people
B. very light skinned people
C. light skinned people
A. 1/4 cup
B. 1 cup
C. 1/2 cup
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
22. DDT is still occasionally used
to control the spread of malaria
but is no longer as effective as it
once was. Why?
24. What is an infectious disease
that spreads to a large number of
people across many countries
and continents?
A. Confined Animal Feeding
Operations (CAFOs)
B. global warming
C. tropical deforestation
A. it breaks down to quickly to be
of use
B. malarial mosquitoes have
developed resistance to DDT
C. malarial parasites have
developed resistance to DDT
A. an epidemic
B. an emerging infectious
disease
C. a pandemic
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
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A. having an asthma attack
B. obesity
C. getting a sunburn
Grades 6-8 Human Health
18. Which federal agency
surveys and tracks diseases,
including those caused by
pollutants, and also coordinates
the public response to them?
A. the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
B. the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC)
C. the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
CORRECT: B, B
A. Yellow
B. Purple
C. Orange
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20. Which of these contributes to
expanding the ranges of tropical
diseases and their vectors to
higher latitudes and altitudes?
CORRECT: C, C
25. Who teaches exercise and
sports?
27. What level of physical activity
is jogging or swimming laps?
29. Which of these has the most
calories per ounce?
31. Who teaches people how to
eat a healthy diet?
A. doctors
B. nurses
C. physical education (PE)
teachers
A. medium
B. low
C. high
A. sugar
B. protein
C. fat
A. physical education teachers
B. doctors
C. nutritionists
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
Grades 6-8 Human Health
27. What is a condition caused
by a toxic substance getting into
someone and then interfering
with the growth, development or
function of the body?
29. Which federal agency
ensures that food and drnks,
including bottled water, are safe
for human consumption?
31. Which of these contributes to
emerging infectious diseases by
providing new aquatic habitats
for diseases and their vectors to
grow?
Grades 6-8 Human Health
25. Which of these is a lifestyle
disease?
A. Ebola
B. mental retardation
C. obesity
A. an infectious disease
B. a genetic disease
C. an environmental disease
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
A. the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC)
B. the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
C. the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
A. tropical deforestation
B. Confined Animal Feeding
Operations (CAFOs)
C. dams, levees and irrigation
systems
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
Grades 3-5 Human Health
26. Children need 60 minutes of
active play every day. How many
hours a week would that be?
28. What does good hand
washing help prevent?
30. With respect to air quality,
who is in the sensitive group, the
ones who are most vulnerable to
bad air?
32. When is there the most risk
from ultraviolet radiation?
A. 60 minutes
B. 3 1/2 hours
C. 7 hours
A. getting a sunburn
B. having an asthma attack
C. getting a cold or the flu
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A. teenagers
B. pets
C. young children
A. between 6:00 am and 10:00
am
B. between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm
C. between 10:00 am and 2:00
pm
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Grades 6-8 Human Health
30. Which of these increases the
contact between humans and
diseases only known from
formerly isolated jungles?
32. What is it when fungi, weeds
or insects are no longer affected
by a pesticide that used to kill
them?
A. dams, levees and irrigation
systems
B. Confined Animal Feeding
Operations (CAFOs)
C. tropical deforestation
A. antibiotic resistance
B. vaccination resistance
C. pesticide resistance
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26. Which of these is an
occupational disease?
A. obesity
B. Ebola
C. asbestosis
28. Who studies agents of
infectious diseases?
A. health educators
B. zoologists
C. virologists or microbiologists
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
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CORRECT: C, C
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CORRECT: C, C
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